John 19:30

He rides into Jerusalem He rides into Jerusalem amidst lavish, unrestrained, almost unanimous exaltation. Slowly-on the colt of a donkey. So many details here, in this story. Why a colt? So that a fully grown adult male on the colt prefigures the excruciating burden He will soon carry? To assure that these faces, now adoring, soon to turn vicious as they scream, “Crucify Him!”, to the ones who know His innocence, perhaps even sense that “Something greater than Solomon is here” but who lack the courage to defy the mob and confess the Truth that stands before them can see […]…

My first year in full-time ministry, I worked with a small church in Ruston, Louisiana. I still recall one Sunday morning, walking into the church building and overhearing a lively discussion going on in one of the adult classrooms. With a loud slap of his hand on the table, a frustrated man shouted, “Dammit! I’m……

Jesus has loved us our whole lives; let’s love Him with all that we are.…

So then, my beloved, just as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling; (Philippians 2:12 NASB)…

I sat with my first cup of coffee on Saturday morning, reading the Living Section of the newspaper. Steve, a non-coffee-drinker, read the editorial page. He stopped to read an article out loud. It is a common practice between us. Even though we know the other will read it eventually, when something stirs us, Read more……

When surveys are done, there’s always a high amount of people who say they believe in God; a recent one found that 87% of Americans believe in God. That left me thinking, “What? Where are these people? I’m sure not seeing them.”…

“And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God.” – Mark 11:22 A Snapshot of the Life of Hudson Taylor: […]…

The Christmas Truce of 1914 reveals the power of Christ to bring peace and turn enemies into friends even in war.…

But why does Christ bear his scars still? He conquered the grave. Hell could not hold on to him. The tomb could not contain him past the third day. He went…

With His last breath, Jesus proclaimed to the world that His Father is trustworthy.…